This is ridiculous. My COIN SHOP is selling a "MS 70" 2011 silver eagle, SGS graded. How the heck did it get there? I also discovered what type of slab shell and insert SGS uses. They are standard BCW coin slabs! The coin in question is ms 67 in reality.
I'm not sure what they were selling it for. I did not ask, because who gives a crap about an SGS coin?
I am guessing that it has not yet crossed your mind that "coin shop" just might have bought them that way? Since you didn't bother asking the price, how do you know that they are asking any real premium above raw? The reality is that coin shops often buy from walk-ins, and sometimes offer whatever it is they bought as-is. No reason to have a fit over something so trivial, especially without knowing the whole story. Just something for you to think about; last spring I picked up a 10-D $10 in a basement slab for the price of a generic AU. It is now residing in a PCGS63 holder.
Of course not, TRUGRADE was the TRUGRADEing service. (Yes there really was a grading service called TRUGRADE.)
They probably paid what they would normally would pay for an eagle and are selling it as a normal eagle with a free case.
The point is, Frosty... who cares? It is not your coin shop (or as you put it "My COIN SHOP") and it should be no concern of yours what he is selling or how much he is asking for HIS merchandise. I can pull a quarter out of my pocket, slap it in a flip, and ask $10k for it. This does not mean anyone is going to pay it, but it is my quarter and I can do whatever I want with it.
